Britain’s rubbish pay rises: What will YOU be earning in five years?

British workers are stuck in the longest pay squeeze since Victorian times.

But with UK real wages failing to keep up with the cost of living, there’s a lot more pain on the horizon.To help you gaze into the future, we’ve built a nifty pay calculator. It will show you what might happen to your own pay under the government’s forecasts. Find out today what you’ll be earning by 2022.

You’ll not be seeing many more of these in your pay packet according to government forecasts

Living standards are a big issue in this election. But the government’s current numbers show that we’ll still be getting rubbish pay rises until the next election in 2022. On the current course, the UK will stay near the bottom of the league for real wage growth, while workers in countries like Germany or the USA will get a much better deal.